Tafs Foods Limited
Registered name: TAFS FOODS LIMITED
Tafs Foods Limited made £12m revenue and £311k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Tafs Foods Limited’s revenue was £12m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £311k profit and 178 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.9m | £13.4m | £17.3m | £12m |
| Cost of sales | £5.7m | £5.9m | £7.6m | £4.7m |
| Gross profit | £8.2m | £7.5m | £9.7m | £7.3m |
| Operating profit | £852k | £288k | −£187k | £468k |
| Profit before tax | £780k | £126k | −£198k | £464k |
| Profit after tax | £567k | £105k | −£300k | £311k |
| Profit (best available) | £567k | £105k | −£300k | £311k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £3.9m | £4.8m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 270 | 276 | 250 | 178 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 0.8% | −1.7% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 59.2% | 56.1% | 55.9% | 60.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £51.4k | £48.6k | £69.3k | £67.5k |
| Profit per employee | £2.1k | £381 | −£1.2k | £1.7k |
| Cash conversion | −99.6% | 1016% | — | 5.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.4% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼81.5% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.2% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £292k | £47.8k | £32k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £2.2m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £5.6m | £5.5m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £4.4m | £5.2m | £5.4m | £6m |
| Deferred income | £455k | £225k | £81.6k | £185k |
| Cash from operations | −£849k | £2.9m | −£47.2k | £23.9k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £67.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 5.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 49.9%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £32k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 178
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £185k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £311k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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